How is this for reaching out and stunning someone long distance? Taser International is working with the military to design a new type of Taser cartridge weapon capable of stunning at greater ranges.

The device being developed under a $2.5 million contract is known as a HEMI or Human Electro-Muscular Incapacitation cartridge that can be fired from a 40-millimeter grenade launcher. This HEMI cartridge is a self contained Taser unit that has capability of traveling 60 meters (about 197 feet) and almost has the same effect of standard Taser devices, however, these shells keep stunning their target until the shooter arrives to turn it off.

The duration of time a target can be stunned before assistance arrives plus the potential chance of serious impact wounds from the round, has drawn some concerns with the device. However, considering the new HEMI cartridge has three times the range of the Taser XREP shotgun cartridge, the device is still an attractive non-lethal device under consideration and testing.